From: Dhyan K Prajapati <dhyan19022009@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 wireless] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in monitor mode
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 22:53:12 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205172313.16652-1-dhyaan19022009@gmail.com> (raw)
From: dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: dhyaan19022009-hue <dhyaan19022009@gmail.com>
---
net/mac80211/main.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index b05e313c7..190222c26 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ void ieee80211_link_info_change_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&local->hw, WANT_MONITOR_VIF))
return;
+ if (!link->conf->bss)
+ return;
break;
default:
break;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-05 17:23 Dhyan K Prajapati [this message]
2026-02-05 17:34 ` [PATCH v3 wireless] mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in monitor mode Greg KH
2026-02-05 17:34 ` Greg KH
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